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Originally Posted by antto
How did you work that out? According to Car & Driver the list price for the 335i coupe in the US is $42,000. In the UK the 335i M-Sport is £35,775 - which is $73,000 at today's exchange rate.
Prices in the US and Europe are never directly comparable - partly because European prices include VAT (15-25%, depending on country) but mainly because Americans are used to the lower prices of US-built cars and simply won't pay European prices.
And the rest of the world doesn't support the US market: that implies that BMW makes a loss in the US, in which case it would simply pull out and focus on those markets where it can make a profit.
antto
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I have a tool on Windows vista that does currency exchange but there was a big difference.